The former cinema has now been reduced to a shell. Plans to demolish the cinema and build apartments on the site was turned down by the council in June 2015.
According to the Leodis site opening film in 1912 was The Mine Owner with closure given as Saturday 5 October 1963 (6th was on a Sunday that year). Bingo commenced Friday 11 October 1963.
First closed 1 October 1983 but reopened 14 October 1983, conversion in 1986 for disco downstairs and cinema upstairs with 210 seats. Closed again 1989, reopened May 1992 with cinema now on 150 seats and Park Diner, resembling a Victorian park, downstairs. Twinned 1994. Closed 13 June 2103 with “Fast & Furious 6” and “The Big Wedding” as to costly to make transition from 35mm to digital. Now Great Escape Fitness & Spa with a beauty section downstairs.
Opening night included “Ivanhoe” reputedly shot locally at at Conisborough Castle but IMDB states Chepstow in Wales. Perhaps a move to get the crowds in!
You are almost right m1dig. The cinema reopened again on 14 July 1995 with “Batman Forever” and eventually closed in November 1998. Not sure if Robins rebranded the cinema as pictures of it boarded up in 1999 show it as Newbury Forum!! Plans for a multiplex were on the table but dropped when there were no takers. The current BST gym opened in April 2015.
M.D. Bell’s book “Perth A Cinema History” states the theatre opened in 1932, and that the single-floor cinema had 550 seats. The State Records Office however has plans dated 1933 for a theatre designed by S. Rosenthal which would tie in with date on the building on Google Street View. The theatre is described as being at the corner of Nicholson and Derby although this facade could be the entrance. The bar here is now the Unicorn. The Record Office states the theatre was owned by the Hatfield family while Bell’s book gives the owners as Marshall and Williams.
According to Street View in September 2017 this was a temporary shop selling Halloween goods but as of July 2018 was being converted to a fitness centre. Building has been cladded.
Downtown Hindley nightclub since February 2017 formerly XL Superclub. Open on Saturday nights only although at the time of writing it was closed for alterations. Convenience store seems to have gone now.
Opening film for 2018 ‘Widows’ 10 October, closing film ‘Stan & Ollie’ 21 October, 24 films due to be screened here during the London Film Festival. Venue is wheelchair accessible and includes a licenced bar.
Opened 24 April 1921, was also used as lecture hall. Vickers, the owners, summoned to court in 1954 for not screening its fair share of British pictures. Closed 16 July 1955, now flower shop.
Proprietors were Swailes and Lowther, Edmund Walton by 1917 and Eagle Picturedrome Company by 1921. The first manager was Rex Sugden. Auditorium had tip-up seats in the stalls and circle with tip-up forms in the pit. First weeks programme consisted of: East Lynne; Rowdy and his Pal; A Young Writer Goes in Search of Local Colour; Lumbering in Australia; Willie and his Birthday Present. Last films advertised were for the w/c 27 December 1926 and were Why Women Love and The Wonderful Adventure. Believed to have closed when the Savoy opened in January 1927.
Diary for June 2018
1 June: Duck Duck Goose (PG); I Kill Giants (12A); Isle of Dogs (PG)
4 June: I Kill Giants (12A); Wonderstruck (PG); Isle of Dogs (PG)
6 June: Ghost Stories (15); Wonderstruck (PG)
7 June: Wonderstruck (PG); Ghost Stories (15)
11 June: Even When I Fall (12A); Beast (15)
12 June: Summer Holiday (U)
13 June: Beast (15); Even When I Fall (12A)
14 June: Beast (15)
17 June: Funny Cow (15); The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A)
18 June: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A); Funny Cow (15)
19 June: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A)
21 June: Funny Cow (15); The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A)
22 June: The Lesiure Seeker (15); Sherlock Gnomes (U); Entebbe (12A)
25 June: The Leisure Seeker (15)
26 June: The Leisure Seeker (15)
27 June: The Leisure Seeker (15)
28 June: Entebbe (12A)
Conversion to indoor climbing centre well underway with daily building work in progress.
The former cinema has now been reduced to a shell. Plans to demolish the cinema and build apartments on the site was turned down by the council in June 2015.
According to the Leodis site opening film in 1912 was The Mine Owner with closure given as Saturday 5 October 1963 (6th was on a Sunday that year). Bingo commenced Friday 11 October 1963.
As in the photo the cinema entrance seems to have been down a passage between the shops.
As in the photo the cinema entrance seems to have been down a passage between the shops.
Closure date in 1983 was 1 October when all cinemas in the chain closed.
First closed 1 October 1983 but reopened 14 October 1983, conversion in 1986 for disco downstairs and cinema upstairs with 210 seats. Closed again 1989, reopened May 1992 with cinema now on 150 seats and Park Diner, resembling a Victorian park, downstairs. Twinned 1994. Closed 13 June 2103 with “Fast & Furious 6” and “The Big Wedding” as to costly to make transition from 35mm to digital. Now Great Escape Fitness & Spa with a beauty section downstairs.
Opening night included “Ivanhoe” reputedly shot locally at at Conisborough Castle but IMDB states Chepstow in Wales. Perhaps a move to get the crowds in!
A kitchen and bathroom centre by July 2018.
Opened 1912, closed 1938. A soap factory from 1952-1976, later a haulage firm occupied the building and then Aquatint printers by 1997, now Curves.
One source says the Palladium closed on 10 June 1959 with “Rockets Galore” and “Wild Heritage”. You decide.
Ground floor appears to be occupied by a church, although the upstairs is still a Muay Thai kickboxing centre.
Health Club now understood to have closed down.
The club has been Nuffield Health since at least 2013 and includes a 20m swimming pool.
This building has been demolished. The site has been a car park since at least 2015.
The cinema is at 36-44 Bolton Road on the corner of Lister Street.
You are almost right m1dig. The cinema reopened again on 14 July 1995 with “Batman Forever” and eventually closed in November 1998. Not sure if Robins rebranded the cinema as pictures of it boarded up in 1999 show it as Newbury Forum!! Plans for a multiplex were on the table but dropped when there were no takers. The current BST gym opened in April 2015.
The cinema here closed down on 27 September. Last film believed to be The Rider.
M.D. Bell’s book “Perth A Cinema History” states the theatre opened in 1932, and that the single-floor cinema had 550 seats. The State Records Office however has plans dated 1933 for a theatre designed by S. Rosenthal which would tie in with date on the building on Google Street View. The theatre is described as being at the corner of Nicholson and Derby although this facade could be the entrance. The bar here is now the Unicorn. The Record Office states the theatre was owned by the Hatfield family while Bell’s book gives the owners as Marshall and Williams.
According to Street View in September 2017 this was a temporary shop selling Halloween goods but as of July 2018 was being converted to a fitness centre. Building has been cladded.
Downtown Hindley nightclub since February 2017 formerly XL Superclub. Open on Saturday nights only although at the time of writing it was closed for alterations. Convenience store seems to have gone now.
Opening film for 2018 ‘Widows’ 10 October, closing film ‘Stan & Ollie’ 21 October, 24 films due to be screened here during the London Film Festival. Venue is wheelchair accessible and includes a licenced bar.
Opened 24 April 1921, was also used as lecture hall. Vickers, the owners, summoned to court in 1954 for not screening its fair share of British pictures. Closed 16 July 1955, now flower shop.
Proprietors were Swailes and Lowther, Edmund Walton by 1917 and Eagle Picturedrome Company by 1921. The first manager was Rex Sugden. Auditorium had tip-up seats in the stalls and circle with tip-up forms in the pit. First weeks programme consisted of: East Lynne; Rowdy and his Pal; A Young Writer Goes in Search of Local Colour; Lumbering in Australia; Willie and his Birthday Present. Last films advertised were for the w/c 27 December 1926 and were Why Women Love and The Wonderful Adventure. Believed to have closed when the Savoy opened in January 1927.
Diary for June 2018 1 June: Duck Duck Goose (PG); I Kill Giants (12A); Isle of Dogs (PG) 4 June: I Kill Giants (12A); Wonderstruck (PG); Isle of Dogs (PG) 6 June: Ghost Stories (15); Wonderstruck (PG) 7 June: Wonderstruck (PG); Ghost Stories (15) 11 June: Even When I Fall (12A); Beast (15) 12 June: Summer Holiday (U) 13 June: Beast (15); Even When I Fall (12A) 14 June: Beast (15) 17 June: Funny Cow (15); The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A) 18 June: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A); Funny Cow (15) 19 June: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A) 21 June: Funny Cow (15); The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (12A) 22 June: The Lesiure Seeker (15); Sherlock Gnomes (U); Entebbe (12A) 25 June: The Leisure Seeker (15) 26 June: The Leisure Seeker (15) 27 June: The Leisure Seeker (15) 28 June: Entebbe (12A)